Primordial Era: The Witch Clan's Dog-Headed Strategist

Hongjun's gaze swept over the four rulers, and he slowly said:

"What you all don't know is that..."

The outside world is not as unprepared as you might imagine.

After the great god Pangu created the world, his body transformed into all things. Although his divine form dispersed, he left behind a layer of protection outside this world.

That was the primordial membrane, the final legacy of the great god Pangu.

"Pangu's protection?"

Zeus frowned.

"That's right," Hongjun said. "That layer of protection is invisible and intangible, yet it has always protected the primordial world."

Ordinary external enemies who attempt to force their way into the primordial wilderness will suffer attrition and backlash from that protective layer.

The more powerful a being is, the more intense the rejection it faces.

If the five of us were to personally attack, even if we managed to break through that protective barrier, we would certainly pay a considerable price.

They might even be betrayed and harmed by those powerful beings who protect them from the primordial chaos.

Upon hearing this, all four rulers fell silent.

They were people of great stature, so naturally they understood Hongjun's meaning.

Pangu, the god who created the world, left behind protection that is no ordinary thing.

Even for a Saint Realm ruler like them, if they force their way in, they would inevitably suffer a heavy blow.

Moreover, figures like Pan Xuan are also in charge within the Primordial World.

If the five of them lose their strength due to that protection, and then a powerful being from the primordial era takes advantage of their vulnerability, then they will have failed miserably.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Odin asked in a deep voice.

Hongjun smiled slightly, a calculating glint in his eyes:

"In my opinion, we don't need to take action ourselves."

We might as well send some servants and pawns to attack the Primordial World and gradually wear down the protection left by the Great God Pangu.

When that protection weakens, the five of us will launch a full-scale attack and crush the wilderness in one fell swoop.

In this way, we can avoid the backlash of that protection and preserve our strength. Why not do it?

Upon hearing this, the eyes of all four rulers lit up.

"Great idea!"

Zeus clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Let's first use cannon fodder to wear down that protective power, and once it's exhausted, we'll strike with overwhelming force! Brilliant, brilliant!"

Odin nodded in agreement: "This plan is brilliant. But... where will these cannon fodder come from?"

Upon hearing this, the hall fell silent.

Where do cannon fodder come from?

This question was like a bucket of cold water poured over the enthusiasm that the rulers had just begun to have.

Zeus spoke first, his brow furrowed:

"My Olympus divine realm, though it has countless divine soldiers and generals, are all descendants of my gods, nurtured over countless eras."

How could I bear to send them to their deaths as cannon fodder?

The figure in God's holy light also remained silent for a moment before slowly saying:

"In my kingdom there are countless angels and saints."

But these are all my followers, utterly loyal. If I were to use them as cannon fodder, wouldn't that chill the hearts of the gods?

Odin stroked his spear, a complex emotion flashing in his single eye: "I, Asgard, take pride in my heroic warriors."

Those heroic spirits who died in battle were able to enter the Hall of Heroes only after going through bloody battles.

If we send them to be cannon fodder, suffering pointless losses, wouldn't I, Odin, become a coward who betrays the heroic spirits?

Brahma closed his eyes for a long time before slowly saying, "In my Brahma Realm, there are also countless celestial beings and gods."

But all living beings are my incarnations; how could I bear to let them become cannon fodder destined to die?

The four rulers spoke one after another, all with troubled expressions.

None of them wanted their gods to become cannon fodder destined to die.

Hongjun took in the expressions of the four rulers, a cold smile playing on his lips, but his face remained impassive. He slowly said:

"I understand your intentions. To use the gods of your divine realms as cannon fodder would indeed be a waste of resources."

But if we don't send cannon fodder, how can we deplete the protective power of Pangu? That's a difficult problem.

"Does that mean you, Hongjun, have no one else to send?" Zeus said coldly. "Since you proposed this plan, you should at least have some sense of its benefits."

Hongjun shook his head with a wry smile:

"As you all know, I was banished from the primordial world, and now this Chaos God Realm is newly formed and has no one under my command."

If we're talking about sending people, I, Hongjun, truly have no soldiers to send. Otherwise, why would I need to trouble you all?

The four rulers remained silent.

They were naturally aware of Hongjun's current predicament.

A commander without troops has no soldiers to send.

But it would be too painful to ask them to use their own gods as cannon fodder.

The hall was in a stalemate for a time.

After a long silence, the voice of God, emanating from His holy light, suddenly and slowly rang out: "Since there is no one to send, why don't we... create some?"

"Create?" Odin was taken aback.

"Indeed," God said slowly, "we are all Creators."

Zeus, you can create thunderous creatures.

Odin, you can summon the spirits of heroes; Brahma, you can create all beings of Brahma.

I too can transform into a holy angel. As for Fellow Daoist Hongjun...

You wield the Jade Disc of Creation, which contains the profound secrets of creation, the creation of heaven and earth, and the creation of all things. Your mastery of the methods of creation must far surpass that of us.

A glint of light flashed in Hongjun's eyes: "Fellow Daoist God, this is excellent advice!"

"The five of us are all capable creators of our time. Wouldn't it be far more cost-effective to create some living beings together to serve as cannon fodder than to use the gods of our respective divine realms?"

"The creatures that can be created are ultimately weak."

Zeus frowned and said, "The primordial world is full of powerful beings, and Pangu's protection makes him impossible for ordinary people to defeat."

If ordinary creatures were created, they probably wouldn't even reach the edge of the primordial world before being crushed to dust by that protection.

"Then build it stronger."

A cold glint flashed in Hongjun's eyes. "With the five of us working together, using the Jade Disc of Creation as our furnace, the Chaos Qi as our material, and your laws as our guide, how can we not create a powerful being capable of annihilating that being protected by Pangu?"

Brahma slowly closed his eyes, and after a long while, he opened them: "Fellow Daoist Hongjun, if you only create ordinary living beings, no matter how strong they are, they will ultimately be limited."

We five worked together and expended countless efforts, only to create a batch of cannon fodder?

If you are to create something, then you should create something truly worthy of great use.

Even if we're cannon fodder, we must be cannon fodder capable of tearing through the primordial chaos!

Upon hearing this, all four rulers in the hall fell into deep thought.

Hongjun's eyes flashed, and he slowly said, "What Fellow Daoist Brahma said is exactly what I wanted to say."

As you all know, everything in this world has two sides, yin and yang.

Where there is light, there is darkness; where there is good intention, there is evil intention; where there is life, there is death.

The reason why the primordial world is so powerful is that it gathers all the light, goodness, and vitality of the world into itself, thus achieving the perfect fortune of the three realms.

If we are to create powerful beings capable of contending with the primordial chaos, then we must do the opposite—”

He paused, then said, slowly and deliberately, "To gather all the negative things in the world into one body!"

All four rulers were shaken.

"Negative things?"

Zeus murmured, "Resentment, greed, violence, fear, envy, slaughter, destruction..."

"Not bad." A cold glint flashed in Hongjun's eyes.

The darkness rejected by light, the evil thoughts dispelled by good intentions, the deathly aura scorned by life, and the chaos suppressed by order.

They did not disappear; they were merely suppressed in a corner of the world, slumbering in the depths of chaos.

If we could gather all these negative things and use the Jade Disc of Creation as a furnace to forge them into a single body, what kind of being would be created?